In case you weren't sure that The Rich are Rich Enough ...

[mr_lebowski]

New $15 million mansion sells in Hillsborough.

Dream home?

Nope ... teardown ...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/New-15-million-mansion-sells-in-Hillsborough-14400692.php

[in2herbs]

1. I know several people who have the financial means to do this and they have no environmental

conscience. To them it's all about "me-me" "I want, I want" "I deserve it, I deserve".

Bring back the tax rates under Eisenhower.

[DFW]

4. I also know several people who have the financial means to do this.

They choose not to, even at today's tax rates.

You do not gain an environmental conscience when your income dips below a certain level, nor do you necessarily lose it if your income goes above a certain level.

[sandensea]

2. Egomania on parade

They're richer than ever - but feel poorer than ever because, dagnabit, there's always someone richer.

Like a snake eating its own tail.

[onethatcares]

15. not only that

their riches haven't bought happiness.

Ain't never gonna happen because they'll never be happy.

it's not the meat, it's the motion.

In other words, It doesn't matter how much money you have, it's how you use it. Do you have 30 people you would invite for a dinner and allow them to stay overnight? Check yes or no. I guess I should go back to working on my 2nd billion, the first billion was too hard to make.

[BootinUp]

3. Lol. The prosecution rests your honor. Nt

[underpants]

5. Young couple bought it. She's a stay at home Mom who sells on Ebay

and he’s a street puppet performer. It was at the top of their range but they decided it would be the best fit for their family.

Saw it on House Hunters.

[mr_lebowski]

7. Of course it helped they found that Vintage Train Set in dad's attic after he passed away ... (nt)

[Freedomofspeech]

6. How disgusting.

[smirkymonkey]

8. The home is pretty ugly and soulless, but I don't understand these people who

need to tear down and rebuild just to replace it with something else equally ugly and soulless. What is it with these mega-mansion people?

Even if I had billions of dollars, I would still want to live in a charming, old, smaller modest home. I don't understand the need for these sprawling monstrosities.

[mr_lebowski]

9. The description of the original pre-2007 teardown project home sounds fantastic to me ... (nt)

[smirkymonkey]

10. I know. It always upsets me when people tear down old homes instead of restoring them.

Especially since they generally replace them with tacky, modern mega-mansions. I wish there was a law against demolishing old, historic homes. I guess preservation societies do some of that work, but I don't think they can do much when it comes to private properties.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. That reminds me: pull today's The Wall Street Journal. from the trash and look at the houses

for sale in the Friday "Mansion" section.

Tunnels, a 30-foot-deep pond, treasure and exotic fish: This estate outside Kansas City is taking the water feature to new depths

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[Joe941]

12. The very existence of millionaires is immoral.

They should be taxed out of existance.

[Wiseman32218]

13. Please Don't Forget that the Obama's

just bought a $15M home at Martha's Vineyard. I do not wish them any ill will. Wealth is good when it is in hands that will use it wisely.

[former9thward]

16. So we should tax the ones that will not use it wisely?

What body will make the decision who is using it wisely and who is not?

[brooklynite]

14. Will Bernie be first to the guillotine?

How much money should he be "allowed" to have in your system?

[Coventina]

17. The poster said "taxed" not murdered.

Reading is fundamental.

[brooklynite]

18. "out of existence"

[Coventina]

19. Yes, "taxed out of existence."

That means the wealthy pay taxes that keep them from accumulating millions of dollars.

It very clearly does not mean executed. That is your invention.